Amazing, all this, while other people have to wait for years and years for the same citizenship
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/23/2013 6:07 AM, Tom Balazs wrote: > >> Q: What is the minimum investment that I would need to apply for a >> start-up visa? >> >> A: You must secure a minimum investment of $200,000 if the investment >> comes from a designated Canadian venture capital fund. >> >> You must secure a minimum investment of $75,000 if the investment comes >> from a designated Canadian angel investor group. >> >> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/**immigrate/business/start-up/**index.asp<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/business/start-up/index.asp> >> > > > Or if it turns out that you were born in Canada, or have a relative that > was born in Canada, you are a Canadian citizen. > > I was born in Canada, my parents were dual US/Canadian citizens. I moved > to the US when I was 5, and never went back, so I lost my citizenship. > > About two years ago, the law was changed, and I am now a Canadian citizen, > so is my wife, my children (who have never been to Canada), and their > spouses and their children*. > > I think it goes farther than that. > > In order to claim your free citizenship, you fill out a form and send them > $75, which gets you a citizen's ID card (similar to a tehudat zehut). Once > you have one of those you can apply for a passport. > > Since the citizenship was bestowed upon you, and not requested it does not > affect your other (e.g. US or Israeli citizenship) you may have, nor does > it incur any tax liability. > > Geoff. > > * My oldest son is the only one who is married and it turns out his wife's > father was born in Canada, so he would also be a citizen, and so would his > children because his wife is now a citizen. > > > -- > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379 > > ______________________________**_________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/**mailman/listinfo/linux-il<http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il> >
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